This interdisciplinary symposium addresses core human patterns rooted in our mammalian and primate heritage, the presumed evolutionary trajectories of our distant ancestors, and how these relate to our childrearing cultures and outcomes today. The conference will run from October 4, 2012, until October 7, 2012.

Speakers and discussants:

Frances Champagne, Columbia University

Frans de Waal, Emory University

Agustin Fuentes, University of Notre Dame

Lee Gettler, University of Notre Dame

Peter Gray, Boston College

Eugene Halton, University of Notre Dame

Barry Hewlett, Washington State University, Vancouver

Sarah Hrdy, University of California, Davis

Ruth Lanius, London Health Services Centre, London, Ontario

Karlen Lyons-Ruth, Harvard Medical School

James McKenna, University of Notre Dame

Darcia Narvaez, University of Notre Dame

Kristin Valentino, University of Notre Dame

For more information, contact Darcia Narvaez, conference chair, at human.nature.early@gmail.com, or go to the conference site.

Sponsored by Notre Dame’s Center for Children and Families, the Society for Research in Child Development, the Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts’ Henkels Lecturer Series, and the Department of Psychology